On June 9, 2015 Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association arranged a round table about evaluation of the report on implementation of the 2014 action plan of the National Human Rights Protection Strategy. GYLA’s report revealed the following: Ø Activities of the Interagency Coordination Council of the Georgia’s Human Rights Protection Government Action Plan were carried out with irregularities; - Activities of the working groups set up within the Council fail to meet the stated goal. Further, group members are involved in the process mostly for show; - Some gaps were observed in terms of activities envisaged by the Human Rights Protection action plan and adequate indicators; - In some cases it is difficult to find a link between certain activities and selected indicators, whereas progress oriented indicators aiming to measure achieved success are almost missing from the plan, which complicates evaluation of report implementation.
2015-07-09 14:15 See moreGeorgian Young Lawyers’ Association expresses deep sorrow for the death of a prisoner in Gldani #8 penitentiary and calls on the government for rapid, impartial and thorough investigation of the case. As reported, D.T. born in 1980, allegedly committed suicide in the toilet where he was found by his inmates. He has been placed with 6 inmates in a cell. Further, as the relatives of the deceased state, the fatal accident took place after the prisoner met the investigator. The case has been initiated as per Article 115 of the Criminal Code.
2015-07-08 16:52 See moreWith GYLA’s Assistance Six Individuals Won a Labor Dispute to Casino “Ajara” GYLA’s Tbilisi office protected interests of six individuals, whose labor contracts were unreasonably terminated by Casino “Ajara”. The court found their dismissal illegal and Casino “Ajara” became obliged to compensate 68 120 laris in favor of applicants.
2015-07-08 16:51 See moreOn July 6, 2015 the Central Election Commission(CEC) and Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association(GYLA) signed a Memorandum of Cooperation in the framework of “Electoral Education Schools 2015” project with a view to promote public awareness and election culture.
2015-07-06 12:00 See moreGeorgian Young Lawyers’ Association calls on the Prosecutor’s Office of Georgia to conduct immediate and impartial investigation on video materials released by TV company Rustavi 2 on July 2, 2015 illustrating alleged fact of ill-treatment committed against Phylip Babayan and Arthur Ohanezian in Police Department of Dzveli Tbilisi.
2015-07-03 17:59 See moreOn June 30, 2015 GYLA finalized the project it has been implementing since May 1, 2012. The project aimed at providing legal aid to Internally Displaced Persons. The project was financed by the Swedish International Development Agency (Sida) and implemented by the Danish Refugee Council (DRC).
2015-07-01 16:49 See moreGeorgian Young Lawyers’ Association and Transparency International - Georgia presented Three-Year Summary of Monitoring the High Council of Justice in the period of 2012-2014. The report summarizes the activities of the Council on the selection/appointment of judges, transfer of judges, transparency of the work of the Council, disciplinary proceedings against judges, etc.
2015-06-27 13:07 See moreOn June 26, the International Day for the Support of the Victims of Torture, the Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association expresses solidarity to the victims of torture and calls on the government to ensure timely, independent and comprehensive investigation on the facts of torture and ill-treatment.
2015-06-26 10:52 See moreThe Central Election Commission of Georgia in cooperation with the Georgian Young Lawyers' Association (GYLA) launches a pilot project “Electoral Development Schools 2015”. 17-25 years old youth will have an opportunity to undergo the learning course and obtain knowledge on electoral issues during July 13 - 24.
2015-06-25 10:32 See moreThe Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association (GYLA) is responding to the information, publicized by the Kakheti Information Center, relating to the facts of pressure upon the media representatives. The June 23, 2015 article “The Journalists are Threatened to be Killed because of Publicizing the Caricatures” says that the journalists are being threatened.
2015-06-22 19:28 See more